Good taste in decorating—harmonious selection of furnishings and colors, these are the keys to pleasant living in the formal family living room. We have available many new materials for interesting wall textures as well as the old standbys, wood paneling, plaster walls, gypsum board, glass. The time-honored materials can be used in a thousand new ways to create beautiful backgrounds; accessories such as mirrors and draperies can be used with wondrous effects to give depth and beauty to a room.
Glass, one of the oldest of building materials, is used to give excitement to this large, colorful living room. Furnishings are in perfect harmony with room coloring.
The amount, kind and location of storage space is influenced not only by the articles to be stored and the type of dwelling, but by the climate. Temperature and atmospheric conditions affect requirements for such materials as fuel, rubber, furs and woolens. Regional variations are dependent not only on climatic conditions (hot, cold, dry or damp), but on natural resources (types of fuel, types of food, either home-produced or stored in bulk) and geographical conditions (types of recreational equipment, clothing and bedding).
for the living room - Above and below are two interesting solutions to the problem of living room storage. Hi-fi phonograph and radio equipment is installed here; there is generous extra room for storage of games, books, surplus sofa pillows. Piano above is interestingly framed. In lower photo, office corner hides out of sight when not in use.
Note how the painted walls and woodwork make a charming background for all the furnishings. Painted areas like these influence the beauty of a room more than anything else, yet they are the easiest and least expensive to do.
WALLS: Super Kern-Tone Lemon Ice
CEILING: Super Kern-Tone Ceiling Flat White
FIREPLACE BRICK: Super Kern-Tone Silverthorne Gray Woonwortx: Kern-Glo Lemon Ice and Canyon Rose
FURNITURE: Thomasville Chair Company, Thomasville, N.C.
WINDOW FRAME: SWP Gloss Chardon Blue
PATIO: Birmingham Ornamental Iron Co., Inc., Birmingham, Ala.
Nothing like a fireplace to add more good cheer to your home. Durabilt fireplaces are available in Alleghany blue stone or a variety of brick facings, with solid blue stone cap mantel. Many have a raised hearth and log-storage area. An option worth taking. It will add far more value than the modest cost would indicate.
Every Durabilt Homes kitchen is a joy to behold. Choose from a wide selection of decorator colors and textures. Color-matched wall oven, range and sink in pink, turquoise, yellow or coppertone. Cabinets in frost-tone, coppertone, natural or fruitwood red birch.
Take advantage of your property's natural landscaping. Enjoy the view from the comfort of your home with a Durabilt Panoramic Wall Window, Vista Wall or sliding glass doors.
All colorful cotton is this room, from the rose rug to unbleached muslin curtains trimmed the quaint petticoat percale that covers the sofa. It's a chintz that makes gay the Victorian chairs. Old pottery tiles frame the fireplace, their blues picked up in the old china pieces on the mantel
Percale with grapes, strawberries, apples, and pears gives the Hunt dining-room its bright-as-a-button look. The same percale on the maple chairs sets off to perfection the persimmon-red wallpaper. The bleached mahogany server was once a washstand. Spode china adds charm to the cupboard
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images and info provided by the Better Homes and Gardens Magazine ARCHIVE from the Zetu Harrys Collection
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images and info provided by the Better Homes and Gardens Magazine ARCHIVE from the Zetu Harrys Collection
